Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-18
THE TROTTING TIME.
Review of the Great Turf
Events.
RECORDS LOWERING SLOWLY.
Maud s the Lat to Let It Down q
Pc, and it is About Time
for Another Fall.

astonisl,ad The tr,t,inu world bv beat
H., % 49,, t,a l.,,...t ,a..,,,t no,
~ 800 -
was maue ny MAUI . LII 1850.
Yes" L replied, it has beer
slow. but at the same tine it ha,
r., .,,,, ch.,,a ,ho ~ r,l
w" 'e"y -, ~ Wv ''
HoAu soou II WIZ DO ofoAeii heAe SEA
son, for two years have now elapsee
since old Time was beaten out at the
w;,on
ar. ;,
III seems scafceiy yes'erudy,
unused the old tuifman, since was
Startled At the record made by the OLD
'boo'tail, and had l expected thai
she " 'nli have been able to trot that
last "ouli nave been on tue quarter
ssre'ch at Aaiandzoo; IL was the
only great race THAT ever missed,
anu l nave always resre ted IT..
VI course the war put q stop
W all nuen sport, Gut IL Wa
soon Drought 10 the front amer
shat, anu then All eye We're centereu
on Tie white-iaced Dexter, VINO wa
'heh Regarded as ~on'es. ne
chlppea d notch I'om tue oiu mare q
record, ana WAS thou4ht 10 Dc Tue
fastest AMIN Al alive ana he was TOO,
then; Out even with MS Speed u,
shis time he "ouiu De oaoiy ieIt. l
nave aiw Us thou3ht Una. ms race
against Ethan Alien anu running
mate was what settieu pexter' as he
was never the same morse alter That
Dexter hisu 10 yieio the supremacy 70
me erratic 19idsmitn Mad, VINO
10a1ht many a not pats't Win Lady
ahorhe, Lucy ana american uiri'
She was the queen iof h,y tiihe,
out rae, Ike Dexter passed away
ana others came IorWard.
DO You remember the MAID . race
with ug2lerr' | asked.
Indeed l do" was his answer,
land 1t was y horserace tor a while.
II was Marvin and poble, but Marvin
had the best horse, that day and WON
1t. remember the race ut Old Point
Breeze in 80, when th. Maid. Lucy,
Lady Thorne and American Girl were
all out for the stuff. The Maid was
then considered the best OF the
quartet, and was a big iavorite,
she being backed by all the
Philadelphia party; but it was no
use, for old Thorne, with her one
good eye, won it. The Maid was de-
cidedly off, but Doble thought she
would settle and trot fast, but he WA
wrong, but she was rank "a through
only rhowiugsher speed in scoring and
in spots. The big, machine-like
stride o. Lady Tnorne was powerful
that day, and l thought she woul.i
have lowered her record had she been
driven out, but she was pulled up in
the stretch and logged under the wire
In, think, 2:lSta."
chow fast do you think Thorne
could have trotted that third heat 2"
asked, for 1 had come up from school
to see the race, ami l wanted to see
how iniSed speed at that date.
"Well," he replied, chad the old
man driven her tie entire mile,
think she would have finished the
mile in 2:161S, or a little better"
''The next star was the sin-eared
Rarus, who, guided by Jack SII4n,
made the next stir. Splan had u bo
nanza in the horse, and made money
and reputation at the same time. Ii
was while SplAn was driving karu-
that Michigan gi,l said he wa~
in the same boat with the van. both
being ugly as mud on the ground.
the swan a beauty on the water, aud
81 Ian AL angelin the sulky. About
this time 81. Julian was creating a
furore on the California coast. and
soon Orrin Hicock brought him f,as
where he tnnk the rank OF King OF
the Turf His race with Jay-Eye Ser.
ended his career in this section, and
he is now out in his Western home.
enjoying quiet life.
''This brings us down to the present
leade q, Maud s and JAY Eyes, o,
who are still the queen and king r, s.
pectively. There is no question but
what the gallant daughter Of Harold
has the most speed, but the result OF Il
race between these two has always
been matter of doubt with mo. l
know that Maud s. is one OF the
earnest trotters that ever looked
through bride, but how f. she
could trot when taking her chances
with ano,he horse in u race do not
know. The black gelding would make
her up aud hustle ii he was all
right. but his feet, l hear, are getting
bad again, and if this is the case,
then jaw Eye-See's trotting days are
over. ami Ned Bithers will have to
hunt up good one among the Dietat-
or colts if he wants to ride in the
front rank again."
"Speakinv of Bithers," said, che
had y great picnic with jay Eye-See
and Phalias. not to mention Gurple. -
dyes. !" replied the old man. "Ned
was at the top of the heap for some
time and |. really pitied him at the
Wilk.s. Phallas race at Phi ladelpbi ;.
Ym know how confident he was the
morn;nv Of the race. for | had heard
him til Won and DEMPSEY that Il,
would he the soitest kind OF snap to
out.trot the f,stest son Of (iaurp..
Wilkes / was badly disappointed